I know this has probably been asked alot but does anyone know for sure which OS runs srcds better?

I currently have 2 Dual Quad core xeon 2ghz servers with 8gb of RAM.

I am running Windows Server 2008 Standard on both of them and getting 1000FPS and the 12 man servers are running great, but I just made a 32 man 100 Tick 1000FPS server and am getting complaints that it is laggy. Every other 100Tick 1000FPS 12 man server is doing great and I am getting lots of compliments. Does Linux do better with larger servers?

tr0gd0r Wrote:I know this has probably been asked alot but does anyone know for sure which OS runs srcds better?

I currently have 2 Dual Quad core xeon 2ghz servers with 8gb of RAM.

I am running Windows Server 2008 Standard on both of them and getting 1000FPS and the 12 man servers are running great, but I just made a 32 man 100 Tick 1000FPS server and am getting complaints that it is laggy. Every other 100Tick 1000FPS 12 man server is doing great and I am getting lots of compliments. Does Linux do better with larger servers?

Thank you

The issues you have is running a 32-slot server on a 2ghz core (bad idea). Also, Running a 32-slot server at 100 Tic is a bad idea, if it's even possible to get it stable.

fqdn Wrote:if you've seen the any of the matrix movies, a game server is not all that different. it runs a version of the game that handles the entire world for each client connected. that's the 2 sentence explanation.

I believe they work out roughly the same, it all comes down to specs, though i'd say linux might be better for large scale deployments using a custom built kernel.
Well l4d supports launching multiple servers on linux with a single srcds, dont know if that helps with performance or not.

fqdn Wrote:if you've seen the any of the matrix movies, a game server is not all that different. it runs a version of the game that handles the entire world for each client connected. that's the 2 sentence explanation.

(01-13-2010, 05:24 AM)loopyman Wrote: You guys are all replying to an old thread raised from the dead by a spammer... Good Job!

Raised from the dead by a spammer? Who is that in this very thread? (Nids? eXDee? or me?)

Anyway, I have been renting a dedicated Q6600 box for a month now, but the performance isn't that great. I have been wanting to find some peer opinions on the CPU choice, but too lazy to dig the forum, then saw this thread on top today...

(01-13-2010, 08:15 PM)loopyman Wrote: Mooga split the topic and locked the old one

No wonder of my confusion...
Nisd,

No more popcorn, but you can have this instead:
A Google search returns good number of discussions regarding Q6600 vs those newer ones (such as Q9400). While those discussions are mostly related to general gaming instead of SRCDS, they at least provide some insights. Here is one of those discussions that I have read: